the mayor joins us live. good evening, sir. >> good evening greta. >> greta: mayor, what is this ordinance that has been struck down? what is it and why did you advance it or push it or support it? >> well, the ordinance we passed was the first in the country. an ordinance that pushed businesses that knowingly hired illegal aliens. and punished landlords that knowingly rented to illegal aliens by suspending their business license. >> greta: why did you feel it necessary to do that? what is going on in hazeleton, pennsylvania? >> we were having an illegal immigration problem although 2,000 miles from our nearest southern border. the illegal immigration problem wasn't coming from the southern border. it was coming from those who were entering the country illegally through new york andn new jersey. creating problems in our city. our small budget could not withstand the drain that illegal immigration was bringing to the taxpayers and legal residents of our city. >> greta: what is the legal drain? what way were t